Transitions in the orientational order of liquid crystals induced by periodic patterned substrates

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Bechtold, I H ^a   Batalioto, F ^b   Thieghi, L T ^b   Honda, B S L ^b   Pojar, M ^b   Schoenmaker, J ^b   Santos, A D ^b   Zucolotto, V ^b   Balogh, D T ^b   Oliveira Jr , O N ^b   Oliveira, E A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PLASTIC FILMS; SUBSTRATES;

AZOPOLYMER FILMS; FRANK-OSEEN ELASTIC ENERGY; TEXTURE ARCHITECTURE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33748302267     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.021714     Document Type: Article

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